Defence, emergency services test disaster response

Emergency service authorities will join defence personnel for north Queensland's first joint disaster response training exercise.

The Rural Fire Service and the Royal Australian Artillery will respond to the aftermath of a mock cyclone.

Crews will be carrying out exercises at Bluewater, Scott, Toolakea and Saunders Beach.

Inspector Tony Hazell says the scenario will be based on events similar to those experienced during Cyclone Yasi.

"Obviously we have worked together in Cyclone Yasi where our fire brigade crews and the ADF [Australian Defence Force] personnel did work side by side but this particular exercise gives us an opportunity to refine our operation ability between the two agencies," he said.

"Exercises like this enable us to test our capability and in particular, as they're two separate organisations, the jargon or the way we go about our work is similar but not always consistent so this type of exercise allows us to find those inconsistencies."